Improvement in nursing-bottles



W. KENNISH= NURSING BOTTLES. No,179,416 Patented July 4,1876.

N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTONv D. C.

UNITED FT'IES WILLIAM KENNISH, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN NURSING-BOTTLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.

179,416, dated July 4 1876; application filed April 3,1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM KENNIsH, of NewBrunswick, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Infants Feeding- Bottles, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification, referencebeing had to the accompanyingdrawings, of which Figure l is a verticalsection, and Fig. 2 the outline, of an external view.

The objects of my invention are, first, to construct a bottle of a formwhich, in any position, will admit of being entirely emptied through theinner tube by the latter being always kept immersed in the containedliquid second, that the bottle may be easily cleaned; third, to providefor an instinct of the int-ant to press the check against a soft elasticsubstance.

These objects are accomplished in the following manner: The bottle is ofglass, and is made in the form of a hollow half-globe, A, with a planeor curved top, B, and wide neck 0. D represents an india-rubber cover,which is stretched over the neck of the bottle. It is perforated by ahole at the center, through which a coupling, E, of bone, wood, or othersuitable substance is forced. This cover is designed to supply to theinfant the feeling of the natural mammary gland.

When the bottle is to be cleaned the cover D can be removed leaving awide opening,

through which a sponge or cloth can be read-1,

ily passed by the fingers. F is a piece of india-rubber tubing,connecting the coupling E I with the glass tube G. At the end of thetube G is a weight, molded with the tube. I

This is for the purpose of causing the tube to move with the containedliquid to whatever A 1. The nursing-bottle A, with its bottom in form ofa semi-sphere, curving inward at the top, and furnished with a flangeover which I j the india-rubber cover is drawn.

-2. In combination with the flanged neck of a bottle, A, the perforatedrubber cover 1), as shown.

3. In combination with a milk-receptacle with a semi-spherical base, theglass tube G, furnished with the weight H, of the form shown.

WILLIAM KENNISH. Witnesses:

DAVID H. RoBoTHAM,

MARTIN NEVINs.

